Question

Rivers are very important for the development of India. Explain. ans...... 2mrw is ma exam.....

Answer 1

 the first civilizations arose near rivers. These first people used the water in the rivers and from rainfall for drinking, washing, and watering crops. Rare was the large city that was far away from a water source (most often a river).

People also found food--mainly fish--in the rivers.

Rivers were also means of transportation. People could sail in boats and ships up and down rivers, looking for new opportunities to expand their civilization. These opportunities usually took four forms:

lands for new colonieslands for growing new cropslands containing people with which to tradelands to conquer

You can probably think of several ancient civilizations that grew up on rivers: Egypt, China, India, the Middle East. These people depended on the Nile River, the Yangzte River, the Indus River, and the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers for survival.